bmalone Member

According to Fetch Help:

.... If you are using System 7.5 or later, you can also drag the shortcut to a Finder window or the desktop in order to initiate the download. Similarly, uploads can be initiated by dragging files and/or folders to a shortcut for the destination; Fetch will automatically open a connection and perform the operation.

I'm trying to place a shortcut for an FTP server on the desktop so the users can drag a folder of files for upload. I can place the shortcut after saving it as a Folder, but it does not perform an action when I drag a file over it.

Jim Matthews Administrator

That's correct -- Fetch shortcut files can be used to open connections or initiate downloads, but you can't use drop files on them to initiate an upload.

I would recommend trying the DropUpload script included in the Fetch Example Scripts folder. Once you configure that script with a target folder on a server you can drop items on it to have them uploaded.

bmalone Member

Jim,

Very helpful....thanks. I now have it working. I read another thread today from last year that indicated the script could be automated to have Fetch get a file/folder from a local directory using the duplicate alias command. I get that, but how do I tell it to do it at a certain time/date?